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Age of Exploration and Atlantic Slave Trade
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Who was the famous leader of the Aztecs?
Tenochtitlan
Comanche
Queztalcoatl
Montezuma
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What was the Middle Passage?
A voyage across the Atlantic ocean for enslaved Africans
A voyage across the Pacific ocean for enslaved Africans
A voyage across the Northern ocean for enslaved Africans
A voyage across the Southern ocean for enslaved Africans
3
What was The Columbian Exchange?
a period of exploration
a period where people were discovering the americas
a time where to 13 colonies began to form
the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and disease
4
Hernan Cortes was a conquistador from_________
Spain
Italy
Antigo
England
5
Who started slave trade from Africa to the New World
Spain
Italy
Portugal
England
6
When does Columbus set off on his first voyage west?
1497
1864
1492
1583
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What were the three Gs that were the primary motivation of the Age of Exploration?
God, gold and glory
God, greatness and greed
Gold, gold, gold!!!
Glory, greed and galleons
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The Treaty of Tordesillas _____________________ (pick 2)
granted Spanish colonizers the right to use Native Americans as slave labor
a line dividing the world between Spain and Portugal.
a treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494.
granted Portuguese colonizers the right to buy slaves from Africa
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What was the section of the Triangular Trade route we focused on in class (that the slaves from Africa were carried on)?
The Middle Passage
The Terror Passage
The Route of Crime
The Second Passage
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Where was Columbus headed originally?
Cuba
The United States
Asia
South America
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Which was not a consequence of the Triangular Trade?
the use of European mercantilist policies
the growth in slavery in plantations
the exportation of cash crops into Europe
financial enrichment and increase of power in East Africa
12
About how many people died on the middle passage?
2,000,000
750,000
500,000
1,000,000
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The encomienda system was a(n)
economic system of shipping and trading at Spanish ports
experimental political system used by the Spanish in Mexico
the name the Spanish gave to the slave trade from Africa to the Americas
economic system of labor that exploited native peoples in the Americas
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Around when did the Aztec Empire end?
1484
1521
1421
1542
15
What is a plantation?
A small trade center
A small farm
a large trading center
A large farm
16
How did the Atlantic slave trade start?
Europeans traded weapons for slaves, who went to America
They were kidnapped
Europeans traded money for the slaves
Africans willingly travelled to Americas
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The Treaty of Tordesillas...
Created a line of demarcation through what is now Brazil
Was ignored by many European countries
They are all correct
Divided the new world outside Europe between Portugal and Spain
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What did the middle passage transport and where did it lead?
Lead to The West Indies and West Africa for a way to trade
Lead to Italy so people were able to get pizza
Lead to Asia to transport spices
Lead to the West Indies and West Africa to transport slaves
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What did the Columbian Exchange exchange?
goods and natural resources
All of the above
Disease
Wildlife
20
What did Vasco da Gama discover?
the Aztec Empire
He discovered an ocean route from Portugal to to the east
He discovered the "New World"
The Caribbean Islands
21
What is triangular trade?
Trade pattern created in colonial times to the Americas, Africa, and France
Trade pattern created in colonial times to America, France, and England
Trade pattern created in colonial times to the Americas, Asia, and Europe
Trade pattern created in colonial times to the Americas, Africa, and Europe
22
What did Amerigo Vespucci discover?
The Amazon river
That there was no gold in the new world, only silver
That a continent sat between Europe and Asia
A new spice that preserved food longer
23
Who was Marco polo?
A Venician Merchant
A writer
A traveler and explorer
All of the above
24
Who was Columbus sailing for (sponsored by)?
The Native Americans
America
Italy
Spain
25
John Cabot
conquered the Incas
sailed along the New England coastline
found rich fishing area in North America and Canada.
was a Spanish explorer who named present day Florida.
26
What is a conquistador?
A Spanish trader/merchant
A French explorer/conqueror
A Spanish explorer/conqueror
A floating island built by the Aztecs
27
For what purpose did the Inca use a quipa (key-poo)?
to sacrifice thier enemies
to bind together cross the rivers
to record information and keep track of things
to use for medical procedues and to cure illnesses
28
What empire did Pizarro defeat?
Mughal Empire
Ottoman Empire
Aztec Empire
Inca Empire
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Mercantilism is___________________?
The action were you remove something from the catholic church.
The practice that says a colony is only there to make the motherland rich.
The act of eating and trading with the merchants that you buy goods from.
The action of sailing around the world.
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What Spanish explorer conquered and destroyed the Aztec Empire?
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernando de Soto
Hernan Cortez
Ponce de Leon
